LSA / After School Club Support
St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 1NY6 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
24 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
18 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,584.00 - £25,992.00 Annually (FTE)
LSA / After School Club Support job summary
Learning Support Assistant (LSA)
St Mary’s Rickmansworth Church of England Primary School
Salary: Support Staff Grade (Hertfordshire range)
Hours: 31.5 hours/week (including break duties) plus 8 hours for After School Club
Contract: Term-time (39 weeks) + 5 inset days
About Us & Our Values
At St Mary’s, our Christian vision inspires everything we do—rooted in the belief that “everyone is created in the image of God and is of infinite worth,” we deliver joyful, engaging learning and help each child to aspire, flourish, and shine their light . We live by three guiding principles:
Respectful: Kindness, courtesy, valuing diverse opinions, and caring for each other and our school environment.
Ready: Prepared, punctual, and willing learners with an open mind.
Reflective: Thinking about choices, learning from them, and aspiring to improve.
We embed Fundamental British Values—democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect, and tolerance—through everyday school life, collective worship, and pupil leadership roles.
Purpose of the Role
To support pupils with additional learning needs—in class and small groups—ensuring they can access the curriculum meaningfully and thrive as confident, resilient learners.
Key Responsibilities
Learning Support
Assist teachers to deliver inclusive, meaningful learning experiences.
Support learners individually or in small groups, especially those with SEND.
Help prepare resources and adapt activities to meet diverse learning needs.
Monitor, record, and communicate pupil progress and behaviour within a reflective framework.
Maintain a respectful, positive classroom presence, modelling our code of conduct.
Safeguarding & Professional Conduct
Follow school policies on behaviour, safeguarding, equality, and cohesion.
Report any concerns promptly and professionally.
Engage in training opportunities, including SEND, first aid, and Prevent.
Embedding Values & Ethos
Foster respectful relationships with children, staff, families, and outside agencies.
Promote the British Values agenda through everyday practice.
Encourage pupil voice via eco, sports, and ethos councils.
Contribute to nurturing spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development.
After-School Club Duties
As part of the extended school team, you will:
Be a warm, child-centred presence at our after-school club—encouraging safe play and positive social interaction.
Plan and supervise a mix of structured and free-time activities that develop social, creative, and physical skills.
Model and reinforce school values—respectful, ready, reflective—in a relaxed setting.
Identify and include quieter children, supporting them to join group games and conversations.
Maintain a safe, tidy environment and ensure the smooth handover to parents and carers.
Person Specification
Essential | Desirable |
|---|---|
Experience working with primary-aged children, especially SEND | Experience as part of an after-school or wrap-around team |
Strong communication and team-working skills | Formal coaching or playwork qualification |
Patience, resilience, empathy, and adaptability | First Aid / Safeguarding training |
Understanding of inclusive practice | Knowledge of British Values implementation |
Commitment to safeguarding and high professional standards | Experience with pupil leadership initiatives |
Why Join Us?
Supportive ethos: A family-like community with your professional and personal growth at heart.
Development opportunities: In-house training led by SEND and subject leaders, plus access to Chess Valley Teaching Trust provision.
Purposeful impact: Work collaboratively to nurture confident, respectful children ready for life in modern Britain.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- Up to 210 pupils
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School website
School location
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